There are a lot of services running in your system at the background which takes a small portion of your resources but makes your PC slower, here is a list of services that can be turned off this will speed up your pc a bit.
To stop those services right click on my computer - manage services and applications - services. You can also reach the list of services by shortcut "services.msc" In Run prompt.
Set the following services disabled, you will need to reboot for them to take effect
- alerter
- application layer gateway service
- application management
- ati hotkey poller
- automatic updates
- background intelligent transfer service
- clipbook
- com+ event system
- com+ system application
- distributed transaction coordinator
- error reporting service
- fast user switching compatibility
- help and support
- human interface device access
- imapi cd burning com service
- indexing service
- internet connection firewall(icf)/internet connecton sharing(ics) (Don't turn off this when you are sharing files and printers with a group of other computers)
- ipsec services
- logical disk manager
- logical disk manager administrative service
- messenger
- ms software shadow copy provider
- net logon
- netmeeting remote desktop sharing
- network dde
- network dde dsdm
- nt lm securtiy support provider
- performance logs and alerts
- portable media serial number service
- qos rsvp
- remote desktop help sesson manager
- remote registry
- removable storage
- secondary logon
- security accounts manager
- server (Again, dont stop this service when you are sharing any files and printers with a group of computer)
- smart card
- smart card helper
- ssdp discovery service
- system restore service
- task scheduler
- tcp/ip netbios helper
- telnet
- terminal services
- uninterruptible power supply
- universal plug and play device host
- upload manager
- video proes
- volume shadow copy
- webclient
- windows time
- wireless zone configuration
- wmi performance adapter
- workstation
All these services uses your precious resources.
